Gowdy Was Approached For Federal Judgeship

Daily Caller: GOP Rep. Trey Gowdy of South Carolina was offered a federal judgeship in 2017, The Daily Caller News Foundation has learned.

The four-term Republican announced Wednesday that he will retire from Congress, just one day after Judge Dennis Shedd of the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals assumed senior-status, a form of quasi-retirement under which judges leave active service while still participating in a handful of cases. The timing prompted speculation that Gowdy, a career prosecutor, would be tapped to succeed Shedd.

“He is not planning on becoming a judge,” a source close to the congressman told TheDCNF. “He was approached months ago and turned it down.” The source added that he will return to private practice. MORE

Bravo. I approve of someone not holding their position in congress till they’re first senile and second carried out in a body bag. It was never supposed to be a life time position. That being said, I hope who ever replaces his is a good choice.

Oh, c’mon.
The guy is working in a swamp.
Hard just to keep from becoming corrupt, much less accomplishing anything.
Give the dude a break. He’s one of the more honest and forthright guys in the House – of which he has only 1/438 th of the total voice – so he isn’t doing badly just to be heard above the din and confusion. The macabre and pernicious grunts and whistles of Maxine Waters, Sheila J-L, Elija Cummings, and that silly-hat woman Fred Wilson fill the airwaves with glee and abandon by the enemies of civilization, and drown out the voices of reason and truth.